学中文还不够 英国开学又开印度英语课'Glassi'? 'Chuddies'? Hinglish lessons offered for first time to help Britons win business in India

来源：中国日报 2018-03-08 09:00

Hinglish lessons are being taught in UK colleges for the first time to help young Britons win business in India.

英国大学首次开了印度英语课，以帮助英国年轻人在印度发展。

Portsmouth College has introduced a new course for the language, a hybrid of English and Hindi, that has been spoken on both continents since the 17th century. It is widely used today in Indian business, films, music, and advertising.

Hinglish is a fusion of the two languages that is preferred by India's booming business community, meaning learning it could be suitable for students looking for international opportunities in the world's seventh largest economy, which is growing more rapidly than any other.

Portsmouth College said Hinglish in turn was the fastest growing language on the South continent.

朴次茅斯学院表示，印度英语是南亚大陆上发展得最快的语言。

"Films are being watched by a lot of Indian people and right from the titles to the script, everything is in Hinglish," teacher Viraj Shah explained.

该校老师维拉杰·沙解释说：“很多印度人都看电影，从片名到字幕，用的都是印度英语。”

James Watters, a department head at the college, said: "It's great to hear that our future generation of workers are taking into account things that are happening around us."

该学院的一名系主任詹姆斯·瓦特斯说：“得悉我们的下一代劳动人口能感知我们周边正在发生的事情，很令人欣慰。”

He said the course would make them "socially aware and better prepared for situations they may be faced with."

他说，这门课程能让学生们“对自己可能要面对的社会形势有感知并做好准备。”

According to Collins English Dictionary, a number of common English words have in fact been influenced by Hinglish. These include the words "shampoo", from the Hindi word for massage or knead; "cushy", which stems from the Hindi word for pleasant; "cot" which originates from the Hindi word for hammock or bedstead; and "thug" from the Hindi word for cheat or thief.

Common Hinglish phrases, with borrowed British words, include: "Time kya hua hai?" - which means "what is the time right now?"; and "I have hazaar things on my mind right now" which means "I have a thousand of things on my mind right now."

While there is evidence of Hinglish being around since the 17th century, and featuring in poetry in 19th Century, it took off notably as part of popular culture in the 1990s with the rise of music channels like MTV. It is now said to be ubiquitous in Bollywood film.

Examples of Bollywood films using Hinglish in the titles include "Ek Tha Tiger" (Once There was a Tiger), "Love Aaj Kal" (Love Today Tomorrow) and "Shaadi Ke Side Effects" (The Side Effects of Marriage).

Hinglish is not the only English fusion language. West African Pidgin English is spoken by millions of people in countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.

印度英语不是唯一和英语混合而产生的语言。全球有数百万人讲西非洋泾浜英语，包括尼日利亚、加纳、赤道几内亚和喀麦隆等国家。

Around half the Nigerian population are known to understand the language, though it is not an official language in any country.

据悉，尼日利亚约有一半的人口能听懂洋泾浜英语，虽然洋泾浜英语并不是任何国家的官方语言。

West African Pidgin is a blend of English and African languages with words that can change and evolve constantly. It is thought to have first been used to discuss trade between Europeans and Africans in the 17th century.

西非洋泾浜英语是英语和非洲语言的混合体，它的词汇一直在不断演变。有人认为，17世纪欧洲人和非洲人首次使用这种语言商讨贸易。

According to the BBC, which launched a Pidgin news service in August, popular phrases include: "I wan chop" ( I want to eat), "Wetin dey 'appen?" (What is happening?), "I no no" (I do not know) and "Where you dey?" (Where are you).